Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1412, Seth Goodwin, Conn

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Goodwin, Seth
W. 1412
inhabitable
B.L. Wt 28,557-160-55
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Join to Pen Age 23. Aug 1840 Too to Pen Age 20. July 1841
To Albany N. Y. from 4 th Sep 1841. 1. Nov. 1841. Notification to Pen Canandaigua New York
Letter to Hon S. J. Andrews. 17. June 1842.
Letter to W. G. Blake 28 July 1851
Albany N.Y. 766. Ohio Pittsburgh.
Seth Goodwin.
Medina in the State of Ohio. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Mills. of the Reg. t — commanded by Col. n Bribe, in the Com d . time for 1 year. 10 mths.
$73. 33 /100
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. P. 100. at the rate of 73. Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of April 1833. — and sent to, Timothy Hudson, Clk: Medina; O:
Arrears to the 4 th of Mar. 1833. 146.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. Sept. 33 36.66
$183.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. W. Palmer. Clerk. Book 6. Vol. 8. Page 112.

2,351
New York Albany Mahitable Goodwin, widow of Seth Goodwin
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private Ct Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 73. Dollars 33.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of October 1853. and sent to
Alner Ingraham Bristol Centre N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 74 , Vol. A
Recd. Jan 68-150216
For Mahitable Goodwin March 24, 1857

150-216- Act Mar 3/53
May 28/53
Mahitabel Goodwin of Seth Goodwin Goodwin
No 2 150-216
Revolutionary
Pension
Blank Feb 3- 2351
Adilwood m. 26/8
B. R.
16
S. W. Salisbury
Vanandaigua N.Y.
in S.W. Salisbury Mar 24/56
Vol. G. 98.

10.047
Seth Goodwin 7.766 Ohio
Adm for 1 year and 10 months from 1780.
$73.33
Wm Hudson Esq., Clerk of the Court Medina, Ohio vs. Claimant P.O. at. Medina.

BRIEF in the case of of Medina
Seth Goodwin of the County in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Sixty nine.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     1 April In 1780 } ~ 9 ~ As a private in the regular service Gen. Col. Burzilla Bribe Capt. Benj. Mills Lieut. Higley Major Ed. Shepard   1 Feb 7- .. 1781-1782 } ~ 13 ~ Br. Gen. Winterburg Major Humphrey Capt. Sam l Granger .. Chas s Smith  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? New Hartford, Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Clerks seal not attached to all the papers. 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. M. Dynean
Examining Clerk.

Revolutionary Papers two cases Theophilus Allen & Seth Woodin 7766-MS (32)
New York
Mr Cole Dec 1. 1857 P. C. Hassler Atty
Ex by the above agent Aug. 2 d 57

State of New York
County of Ontario
Be it known that before me Mark H. Kelley County Judge of the County of Ontario in the said State
for the aforesaid County and State, duly authorized to administer oaths, personally appeared Mahitable Goodwin aged 85 years and made oath in due form of law, that she is the widow Theophilus Allen  Valley of  Seth Goodwin both identical person named in an original Pension Certificate hereto annexed, no. and bearing Revolutionary soldiers  said Goodwin being a Pensioner  date the  18  day of  July  under the laws of the United States; That  Secretary of and that she now resides in
Ontario County and has resided there for the space of 60 years past—and that she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining any arrears of pension that may be due her, under the laws of the United States; and that by these presents she does constitute and appoint F. E. HASSLER, of the City of Washington, her true and lawful attorney, irrevocably, with power of substitution for her and in her name, place and stead, to ask and receive of and from the United States, any bounty land, extra pay, pensions, money or moneys that now is or are due her on account of services rendered by her deceased husband; advances made, property destroyed or taken by the Government, or any claim arising from intercourse between the United States and any foreign nation, and the Indians, disbursements made, or expenses incurred by him while in the service of the United States, or on any other account whatsoever, and in her name to give receipts and other sufficient discharges for such bounty land, pensions, patents, claims, and money due as aforesaid, and to attend to and prosecute any and all business of whatsoever nature she may have with or before any of the Departments of the Government or Congress, or any legally established commission of the United States, and, generally, to do any and every other act or acts that she might or could do, were she personally present at the doing thereof, she hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever her said attorney shall do in and about the premises, by virtue hereof. Witnessing all powers heretofore granted
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto
Signed, sealed and delivered } Two witnesses. in the presence of
set my hand and seal this twenty fifth day of July 18 51
Morrisus Babb Alvin Brainerd
Mahitable Goodwin 
State of New York County of Ontario
} ss.
On this twenty fifth day of July 18 51 , personally appeared Mahitable Goodwin before me, and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein contained.
Mark H. Kelley County Judge of the County of Ontario 

AND I HEREBY CERTIFY, that at the same time, personally appeared before me
Thomas P. Seal and Over Ingraham  and the said Thomas Seal being by me duly affirmed and the said Over known to me, to be two credible witnesses, and who being duly sworn, deposes and says, each for himself, that the above named Mahitable Goodwin now present, is to their knowledge, the identical person named in the above deposition, and that the said affidavit is correct, as they verily believe; that they are acquainted with the said Mahitable Goodwin and that they are, each, wholly disinterested.
affirmed Subscribed and sworn to before me, } upon the day and year first above written. }
this 20th day of July 1851
M. R. Sibley  Judge of Ontario County
M. R. Sibley  Judge of Ontario County
State of } County of } ss :
I hereby certify, that
Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a _____ in and for the said County and State, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by law to take the same.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of _____ County Court, (a Court of Record,) this _____ day of _____ A. D. 185_____
Clerk.
*The Pension Certificate must be attached to this paper by a piece of tape passing through both, and the ends placed under the seal of the County Clerk, and if the evidence is taken before a Notary Public having a seal of office, the same, but then the County Clerk's certificate is not required.

No. 047 Sister Goodwin ap for Penins
Feb 21. 1832
Wife
ap for

The State of Ohio } In the Supreme Court of the Medina County } State of Ohio for the County of Medina 3 } in the Term of August A.D. 1832 On this thirtyfirst day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two - on this thirtyfirst day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Supreme Court now sitting in & for the County of Medina Seth Goodwin a resident of Granger Township in the County of Medina State of Ohio aged sixty-nine years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 That he enlisted as a soldier at New Bedford in Litchfield County in the State in the Connecticut State Troops for nine months on the first of April in the year 1780 into the Company of Captain Benjamin Mills. The Lieutenants name was Hogley the Ensigns name was Solomon Goodwin - The company joined a Regiment at Hornbeck commanded by Colonel Basilia Burt of Litchfield Connecticut - The Majors name was Edward Shipman - The principal officers names in the Regiment were Captains Abraham Bradley of Litchfield Connecticut Peter Curtis of Farmington Ct & Ebenezer Wilson of Farmington our Adjutants name was Bull - The Regiment was quartered principally at Hornbeck and Greenwich had a few Skirmishes but nothing very serious had one or two men killed - There was another Regiment stationed (with our Regiment) commanded by Colonel Wells - The officers of that Regiment He does not recollect except the adjutant whose name was Mc Dowel and he deserted with a Party of the enemy - & afterwards came out with a Party of the enemy and was taken sent to New Bedford Connecticut tried by the civil Law and hung The Regiment to which the Declarant was attached was discharged at Hornbeck or Greenwich on the

first of January 1781 -
On the first of February 1781 - He again enlisted in the Connecticut State Troops at New Britain Connecticut for thirteen months under the command of Captain Matthew Smith of Goshen Connecticut at this time there was two Battalions raised to be commanded by Majors - the whole to be commanded by a Brigadier General - whose name was David Waterbury - The Major who commanded the Battalion to which he was attached was Humphrey. The names of some of the Captains in this Battalion were Samuel Granger Charles Smith and --- Stoddard - the officers of the other Battalions he does not recollect. The Major's name was Shipman (the same under whose command he was the first term of service) one of the Captains names was Moulton - Both Battalions lay at Greenwich Houseneck & White Plains and staid at White Plains untill the Continental and French Armies went to the Southward & then moved back to Houseneck and then to Greenwich - there built a Fort called Fort Waterbury - & there quartered untill the first of March 1782 - & were then discharged & relieved by Regular Troops -
The whole time that he served was one year and ten months in both terms of service. He was born at New Britain Litchfield County Connecticut as he has seen his Birth recorded in his Father's Bible - Has a copy of the same in his own Bible - after his last term of service in the army arrived he resided in the Town of Hartland Connecticut untill 1795 - Then removed to the Town of German Flatts in Herkimer County New York which Town was afterwards divided and called (the part he lived in)

Litchfield - where he lived ten years - He then removed to Bristol Ontario County New York lived there eleven years then removed to Strongsville Cuyahoga County Ohio and after living there three years removed to Granger Medina County Ohio where he has resided ever since & still lives - He never had any written discharge & knows of no person living by whom he can prove his services. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or Annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Seth Goodwin
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Before me H. M. Hudson Clerk S.C.
We Deacons James Gangard - Nathan Hatch residing in Granger Township Medina County Ohio hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Seth Goodwin - who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that he is a man of truth & veracity that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age, that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed to before me this 21 st day of August 1832 - (Saml. Hudson Clerk)
And The said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the war Department that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states And The Court further certifies that it appears to them that James Gangard and Nathan Hatch are residents

in the Township of Granger Medina County Ohio and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit
I Timothy Hudson Clerk of The Supreme Court of the State of Ohio for the County of Medina do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original Proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Seth Goodwin for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand seal of office this thirty first day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and thirty two
Timothy Hudson Clerk of the Supreme Court

The State of Ohio } In the Supreme Court of the Medina County } State of Ohio for Medina County at the Term of August A.D. 1832
In the matter of the application of Seth Godwin for the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 -
Interrogatories & Answers -
1 Where and in what year were you born?
Answer. At New Hartford in Litchfield County in the State of Connecticut on the fourth day of August 1763 -
2 nd Have you any Record of your age: and if so where is it?
I have a Record in my Bible which is at Grange in Medina County Ohio taken from my Father's Bible
3 rd - Where were you living when called into Service; Where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Answer. I enlisted into the Service in the town of New Hartford in Litchfield County in the State of Connecticut - afterwards resided in Hartland in Litchfield County and same State until the year 1795 then removed to the German Flats in Herki- mer County & State of New York which Town was divided and called Litchfield where I lived ten years I then removed to Bristol in Ontario County New York and remained there eleven years - then removed to Strongsville in Cuyahoga County Ohio lived there three years then removed to Grange in Medina County Ohio where I have resided ever since and still do reside
4 th - How were you called into Service; were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute? and if a substitute for whom?

Answer I enlisted in my first term of service for nine months on the first day of April 1780 I enlisted a second time for thirteen months on the first of January 1781 —
5 th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served, such conti- nental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service
Answer The captain name of the company into which I enlisted was Benjamin Mills — The lieutenants Heigley The Ensign Solomon Goodwin — The company joined a Regiment at Horshack commanded by Colonel Brissia Peabody of Litchfield Litchfield Co Connecticut — The majors name was Edward Shipman other officers names in the Regiment were Captains Abraham Bradley Peter Curtis Abner Wilson Adjutant — Bull — The Regiment was quartered principally at Horshack and Greenwich — had a few skirmishes but nothing serious — had one or two men killed — There was another Regiment Stationed there under the command of Col. Wells The officers of that Regiment I do not recollect except the adjutant who deserted to the enemy and afterwards came out with a party of the enemy I was taken & sent to Bedford tried by the civil Law & hung
The Regiment was discharged at Horshack or Greenwich on the first of January 1781 — In my second term of service I was in a company commanded by Captain Matthew Smith — at which time two Battalions were ordered to be commanded by Majors the whole to be commanded by a Brigadier General whose

name was David Wetbury - The Major of the Battalion which I joined was Humphrey - The Captains names were Samuel Gurney Charles Smith & Stoddard - The officers of the other Battalions - I do not recall it, The adjutants name was Shepherd the same under whom I served in my first term of service - one of the Captains names was Moulton - Both Battalions lay at Greenwich Hornes & White Plains and staid at White Plains until the Continental and French Troops moved Southward - Then moved back to Horseneck then to Greenwich where built a fort - called Fort Wetbury where garrisoned until the first of March 1782 were then discharged & relieved by Regular Troops -
If did you ever receive a written discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given & what has become of it?
Answer - I never received a written discharge
I still have the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
Answer - I refer for this purpose to James Gurney
Nathan Hatch - Seth Goodwin
Soon I subscribe to before me this 31st Aug 1832
Before me Wm. Holden Clerk S.C.

State of New York } Ontario County }
On this fifteenth day of January 1840, before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Ontario, personally appeared Seth Goodwin, who on his oath, declares that he is the same person, who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Benjamin Mills in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Barrillia Beebe; and in the company commanded by Captain Matthew Smith in the Battalion commanded by Major Humphrey in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on pension Roll of the State of Ohio from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State of New York, where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be then payable in future - That the following reasons are his for removing from the State of Ohio to the State of New York that formerly he resided in Bristol in the county of Ontario & State of New York, and removed from thence to the State of Ohio, where he lost his wife, that afterwards, being on a visit to the State of New York, he became acquainted with and married a second wife, who is unwilling to remove to the State of Ohio; that he has been married to his present wife nearly six years, and has been to the expense of a journey to the City of Pittsburgh, where his pension was made payable, a distance of more than three hundred miles, every year to draw his money -
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day & year Seth Goodwin aforesaid - the words "following" and "reasons" interlined before subscribing.
Jeffrey Chipman, Justice of the Peace

State of New York Ontario County ss
William W. Wilder being duly sworn according to law, says that he resides in the town of Santa Bustor County & State aforesaid, that he is well acquainted with Seth Goodwin who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing affidavit, and knows him to be the person described in the foregoing affidavit.
Sworn to and subscribed this 15 th day of January 1840 before me
Wm Wilder
Jeffrey Chipman. Justice of the Peace
I Jeffrey Chipman a justice of the peace in & for the County of Ontario and State of New York do hereby certify that I am acquainted with William W. Wilder who has, before me, sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit and know him to be a person of veracity.
Jeffrey Chipman
State of New York
Ontario County Clerk's Office
I Thomas Hall Clerk do hereby certify that Jeffrey Chipman Esq.
whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Affidavit & Certificate was on the day of the date of the same a justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and qualified and authorized to take the same — And that his several signatures above and within written are genuine
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said County this 15 th day of January A.D. 1840
Thomas Hall Clerk

Widow of Seth Goodwin
Revolutionary Pension Claim under Act of Feb. 3 d 1833.
Case of
Abner Ingraham Bristol Centre Ontario County New York

State of New York } ss Ontario County }
On this 12 th day of August A D eighteen hundred and fifty three personally appeared before the Surrogate of said County in open court Mahitable Goodwin , a resident of South Bristol in the County of Ontario, said State, aged 87 years, and upwards who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act passed February 3 d 1853, that she is the widow of Seth Goodwin who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, inscribed on the Pension Roll of the State of Ohio April 2 d 1833 as will also appear by copy Certificate hereto attached. She further declares that she was married to the said Seth Goodwin on the thirty four day of April in the year 1834 (eighteen hundred & thirty four ) that her husband the aforesaid Seth Goodwin died on the 29 th day of March A D 1850 at Granger in the County of Medina and State of Ohio and that she is still his widow; was a widow at the time of the passage of the Act under which she now claims has never since intermarried and has never before made application for a pen- sion. She further states that there is no record evidence of her said marriage in existence to her knowledge and belief and that she cannot state the day of the month of her said Marriage and that she desires her Pension Certificate to be forwarded to Abner Ingraham at Bristol Centre, Ontario County, New York. Mahitable Goodwin

Subscribed and sworn before me this 12 th day of August A.D. 1833, and I hereby Certify that the said M rs Abigail Goodwin is a Credible witness.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Canandaigua said County in open Court.
Samuel H. Salisbury Surrogate of said County.

State of New York } County of Ontario }
On this 11 th day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty three before me the subscribers personally came Erastus A. Mitchell aged forty eight years and Polly R. Mitchell aged forty three years residents of the town of South Bristol said County and to me well known, and being by me duly sworn did severally depose and say and each saith that they were well acquainted with Seth Goodwin a Revolutionary Pensioner of the State of Ohio, that they were present at the marriage of said Seth Goodwin to Mahitable Allen and saw them legally married on the day of April in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty four at the town of Bristol in said Ontario Co. by one Rev
William Jackson a Priest and know of the said Seth & Mahitable Goodwin living together as man and wife, and that the said Mahitable is now the widow of the said Seth Goodwin having not intermarried since the death of the said Seth, and further that they firmly believe the foregoing declaration of the said Mahitable to be entirely true and that they are disinterested witnesses and that they have been well acquainted with said Mahitable for twenty eight years.
Erastus A. Mitchell Polly R. Mitchell
Sworn and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written and I hereby certify that the said Erastus A. Mitchell and

State of New-York, } ss. County of Ontario. }
I, John J. Lyon, Clerk of the County Court, in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify, that Joseph H Allen whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
Given under my Hand and Seal of Office, at Canandaigua, this Twelfth day of August 185 3
John J. Lyon by Joseph C. Shelton Deputy

The State of Ohio } In the Probate Court of Medina County } said County and State
July 18th 1853
I Calvin B. Prentiss Probate Judge of said County and State do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Seth Goodwin was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Seventy three dollars and thirty three cents per annum that he was a resident of the County of Medina in the State of Ohio and that he died in the Township of Granger in said County and State on the 27th day of March AD 1850 Also that he left a widow whose name is Mahitable Goodwin who is now living
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 18th day of July AD 1853
Calvin B. Prentiss Judge

The State of Ohio } Medina County } In the Probate Court } To
William J Salisbury We command and strictly enjoin you that laying aside all manner of business and excuse whatsoever you be and appear before the Probate Court within and for the said County of Medina at the Court House in said County forthwith and also that you bring with you and produce at the time and place aforesaid a certain instru- ment of writing it being a certificate from the pension office of the allowance of a pension to Seth Goodwin deceased and then and there to testify what you may know concerning the marriage and the death of the said Seth Goodwin etc
Given under my hand and the seal of the said Probate Court this 12th day of July A D 1858
Calvin B. Hunt Clerk

Subpoena
Dues Team
for
William J Salisbury

War Department Revolutionary Claim
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832 Seth Goodwin of the State of Ohio who was a Private in the army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Seventy three dollars and thirty three cents per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and the 4th of September in every year
Given at the War Office of the United States this second day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Genl Cag Secretary of War
Examined and counterigned
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
The State of Ohio Meigs County ss
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a certificate from the War Department which was produced in Court by William S Salisbury under the command of a subpoena Duces Tecum which is hereto attached
Given under my hand and seal this 18th day of July AD 1853
C B Roots Probate Judge

150.216
Mahitable Goodwin
Bounty Land Claim
Act of March 3 1855
Rev War.
Care of S. M. Salisbury Canandaigua, New York.

State of New York } ss. County of Ontario. }
On this 30 th day of April A. D. 1853.
personally before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State Mahitable Goodwin aged 88 years, a resident of South Bristol, Ontario Co., in the State of New York who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Seth Goodwin deceased, who was a private in the Company of  Revolutionary War and that she is inscribed on the  pension list at the rate of Monthly  three dollars & 33 1/3 per annum under the 2 d section of the act of  February 3 d 1849 , that she refers to proof made in establishing her claim for said pension to her said husband  from her said husband's services , his death and her widowhood  about the that the her said pension certificate was issued  and continued in actual service in mid-war for the term of on the 31 st day of October 1853 .
She further states that she has not heretofore made application for Bounty Land under any act of  Congress Land Warrant No. for  which has been legally disposed of and it is not now That no other Land Warrant has ever been received, and no other application for Land Bounty for the military services of her said husband has ever before been made only as above noticed and referred to.
She further states that she was married to the said Seth Goodwin in Bristol, Ontario Co. N.Y. on the 14 th day of April A. D. 1834 by one Rev. Mr. Jackson a Congregational Clergyman and that her name before her said marriage was Mahitable Allen that her said husband died at Granger, Medina Co. Ohio on the 29 th day of March A. D. 1850, and that she is now a widow having never since intermarried . She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act of March 3 d , 1855; and she desires her Land Warrant to be forwarded to the care of S. W. Salisbury, Esq. , Canandaigua, New York.
Mahitable Goodwin
We, William H. Welder and Orissa A. Welder residents of South Bristol in the State of New York, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mahitable Goodwin in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, & that we have no interest in this claim - that we all know the said Mahitable Goodwin , & know her to be still a widow, not having intermarried since the death of her said husband.
Wm H. Welder Orissa A. Welder
Ontario County, ss. aged  years, and  of  aged  years being duly sworn say  that they are well acquainted with  the applicant in above declaration mentioned and have known her for  years and that they believe her said declaration to be entirely true. They further state that the following is a true copy of her original Family Record, in the hand writing of  that they have known the said record for  and that they are themselves disinterested witnesses.
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written, and I hereby certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
Jos A Allen Justice of the Peace in & for said County

STATE OF NEW YORK, ONTARIO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, CANANDAIGUA.
I certify that Joseph A. Allen , Esquire, was at the time the foregoing declaration and affidavits purport to have been verified, a Justice of the Peace ..... in and for said County, and duly author- ized to administer oaths; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that his signatures to the fore- going certificates of verification are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this 22 d day of May . A. D. 185 5 th .
John D. Lyon Clerk.

150216 28557
Mahitable Goodwin 160. wid. of Seth Goodwin
Bounty Land Claim.
Act of May 14 th 1836.
Revolutionary Pensioner.
Bogston
216789
Filed by
S.W. Salisbury
Canandaigua
New York
28.557
1611
Acad. Ev.

State of New York, } County of Ontario. } ss.
On this 26 day of Mar A. D. 1856
personally came before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State, Mahatable Goodwin aged 89 years, a resident of South Bristol, Ontario County in the State of New York who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Seth Goodwin deceased, who was a Revolutionary in the Company of  Soldiers and Pensioners  commanded by Captain in the Revolutionary Regiment of  war  commanded by Colonel and that she is now in the service of the United States with a pensioner of the United States at the rate of $73.33 and inscribed on Pension Roll, N.Y. Albany agency That her said husband was in the  at Revolutionary in the County of war and State of  on or about the day of A. D. for the term of and continued in actual service in said war for the term of sufficient to entitle him to a yearly pension of $73.33 and was honorably discharged at  on or about the day of  A. D. She further states that she has heretofore made application for Bounty Land under the Act of Mar 5 1835 and obtained no Land Warrant No. her application No. 158.311 having been suspended March 24 th 1835 for want of second evidence  where which has been legally disposed of and it cannot now be returned. That no other Land Warrant has ever been received, and no other application for Land Bounty for the military services of her said husband has ever before been made only as above noticed and referred to.
She further states that she was married to the said Seth Goodwin in Bristol, New York on the 14 th day of April A. D. 1834 by one Rev d Mr. Jackson a Congregational Clergyman and that her name before her marriage was Mahitable Allen that her said husband died at Granger Ohio on the 29 th day of March A. D. 1850 and that she is now a widow never having since intermarried She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act of March 3 rd 1855 ; May 14 th 1855-9 and she desires her Land Warrant to be forwarded to the care of S. W. SALISBURY, Esq., Canandaigua, New York, that she has no family Record, and that she refers to proof made to establish her claim for said pension & said Bounty land to prove her marriage, death of husband & proof of widowhood.
We, William M. Wilder and Ortensa A. Wilder residents of Ontario County in the State of New York, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mahatule Goodwin in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that we have no interest in this claim, that we are well acquainted with said applicant and know her to be at present unmarried, i.e. a widow
William M. Wilder Porter & Wilder
Ontario County, ss.
aged _____ years, and _____ of _____ aged _____ years being duly sworn say _____ that they are well acquainted with _____ the applicant in above declaration mentioned and have known her for years and that they believe her said declaration to be entirely true. They further state that the following is a true copy of her original Family Record, in the hand writing of _____ that they have known the record for _____
and that they are themselves disinterested witnesses.
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written, and I hereby certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
Joseph V Allen, Justice Of the Peace in & for said County

STATE OF NEW YORK, ONTARIO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, CANANDAIGUA, }
I certify that Joseph A. Allen Esquire, was at the time the foregoing declaration and affidavits purport to have been verified, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized to administer oaths; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that his signatures to the foregoing certifi- cates of verification are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this 28 th day of
May A. D. 1856
Joseph C. Shelton D r Clerk.
Clerk abt from County

Rev War
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
1412
Mahitah Goodwin, Widow. Seth Goodwin Paw-Paw-War.
Act.
Feb. 3-1853.
Index:—Vol.
A.
Page
278
[Arrangement of 1870.]

5 28 557
3 Also Aug

No 2991 Aug 15, 1853. Appl. of Mahi- taba Gordon, widow of Seth,
Ontario co., N.Y.
2766 32 Aft 3 rd Feb. 1853. $73. 33 / 100 Per An - Com- Feb. 3 rd 1853. Ru.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Pension Office Official Business
Abner Ingraham Bristol Centre Ontario co., N.Y.

Melitade Goodwin
Acob #13
Rev G. H. H. H. H. H. Con'y Prisoners Washington D.C.
FREE

FREE
The Hon. L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Pension Office, 5 Oct. 1853,
Sir, Please certify the term to which the within named pension was paid, on the date of his death, Very Respectfully,
I Malco For the Commission. Seth Goodwin, act 1832 $73.33 p. an. — Died 29 th March 1850, Paid to death,
J. Burt Auditor.
Francis Burt Esq., Chief Auditor. Reading,

150.216
FREE
The Hon S. P. Waldo Com te of Pensions Washington D.C.

Erasmus A. & Polly R. Mitchell, South Bristol, Ontario Co. N.Y. present at Marriage, 29 th Mch: 50 "Barnes."

Mr Cole Seth Goddard Ms. 32
in favour of Deborah Washington City Dist of Columbia
Ms. 32

Medina June 11/57
Dr Sir,
I herewith enclose you a Reunion Certificate which was made out by me according to the date thereof and was sent to the agent at Albany City and was not paid for the reasons assigned in pencil marks made by said agent upon said paper - You will perceive that one of the reasons given is not true viz "that the erasure in the word Robt Shepard is not noticed by the justice" - You will see if you examine that it is noticed by the justice - The other reason assigned for not paying it appears to me is not a good one viz that the attorney's name is not spelled "Shepherd instead of Shepard" - I should however make out a new paper but Mr Goodwin is now dead and consequently it cannot be done - This paper was intended to be sent back to me, but was mailed to Medina City when it should have been to Medina Ohio, and from there was sent to the dead letter office and there has remained until within a few days - I paid Mr Goodwin the money on the paper and

sent the Certificate to Mr Shepherd who I believe was pension agent in Albany at that time with directions to enclose to Messrs Abbey & Freeman of New York the amt in Dft according to their directions - In consequence of the certificate being mailed wrong in Albany I have been kept out of the money up to this time - I believe the certificate to be in due form and the simple misspelling of a name it seems to me should not invalidate the paper - I believe this amt in pension is still due to Mr Goodwin and if so I wish you to direct that it be paid me - I picked up the power of atty with Mr Shepherds name only to have him draw it for me - I believe the claim I have on the department to be just and aright and I trust you will see the propriety of having it paid - I refer you to the Hon Thomas Corwin from this state with whom I have a slight personal acquaintance, but who I presume would be willing to endorse a statement which I might make of the character above
Yours Respectfully H. G. Blake of Medina Medina Co Ohio

Brief in the case of Mahitable Goodwin, Widow of Seth, Ontario County and State of New York act 3 d Feb: 1853.
Claim, ("original," or " for increase ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of 7 th June. 1832. Parole proof of marriage, by the evidence of Erastus & Polly R. Mitchell, of So. Bristol, Ontario Co. N.Y. credible witnesses who witnessed the marriage.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Abner Ingraham Esq., Bristol Centre, Ontario Co. N.Y.
Name and residence of Agent
J. H. Boynton, Examining Clerk.

Francis P. Blair Esq
J. L. Edwards

Copy
Merchants & Manufacturers Bank Pittsburgh Oct 8 th 1841.
Sir
to the Goodwin — paid to 4 th Sep 1841.
Signed H. Kahl for Mr. Tiernan Pres. C.P.

  175     75  6 00    12  2 00    15  4 00    1.87 3/4   
16 July 1894
FREE
J. L. Canard Esq Com. of Pensions War Department Washington

South Bristol July 13. 1847
50
I have heretofore resided in the State of Ohio, and my Pension is payable at the Pittsburgh Agency, and my Certificate bears date 2 d April 1833.
Having removed into this town I request to be transferred to the Albany Agency
From bed 5 m
Seth Goodwin
Is Edward Ely
Cem. of Purdie
Warington
Concord, August 3 July 13, 1841 -
I am acquainted with Seth Goodwin above named, & know him to be a Pensioner of the United States - M c MILLAN
Memphis Photo
[Handwritten signature]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Seth Goodwin which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes. VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Two witnesses only.
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. † Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no. The clerk's seal not attached to all the documents.
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
☞ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Jan 22 1840
Mr. Joel W. Gurney
James L. Edwards Esqr Commisssaire of Pensions Washington D.C.
FREE
James L. Edwards Esqr Commisssaire of Pensions Washington D.C.
James L. Edwards Esqr
James L. Edwards Esqr Commisssaire of Pensions Washington D.C.

Canandaigua Jan'y 15. 1840
L. Edwards Esq
Enclosed are the papers of Seth Godwin on his application for a transfer from the Ohio to the New York agency for paying pensions. His pension certificate bears date 20 April 1833 - Yours Respectfully &c
Jonathan Mason

Mahitable Goodwin.
Claim for balance of pension under Act of Feb. 3 d 1853 as construed by decision of Court of Claims on 26 th Jan. 1857.
Care of S. H. Salisbury Canandaigua New York

State of New York County of Ontario.
Mahitable Goodwin of South Bristol, Ontario County, and State of New York aged ninety one years being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that she is the identical Mahitable Goodwin to whom a Pension Certificate No. 2351 issued under the Act of Feb. 3 d 1853 on the 8 th day of October 1853 granting her a pension of $73.33 per annum, commencing on the 3 d day of February 1853 and continuing for life unless she should again marry in which case the pension should not be payable after the time of such marriage. She further states that she is still the widow of Seth Goodwin a Revolutionary Pensioner deceased and has not intermarried since the death of her said husband, the said Seth Goodwin deceased. That she was married to the said Seth Goodwin on the 14 th day of April 1834 by the Rev. Mr. Jackson a Congregational Clergyman at Bristol, Ontario County, New York that her name before her said marriage was Mahitable Allen, that her husband, the said Seth Goodwin died at Granger, Medina County, in the State of Ohio on the 29 th day of March in the year One thousand Eight Hundred and fifty. All which also appears by the proofs on file in the Pension Office, on which the said Pension Certificate was granted and to which this deponent begs leave to refer.
She makes this statement for the purpose of obtaining a certificate for the balance of her said pension to wit: from the 29 th day of March 1850 to the 3 d day of February 1853, according to a decision of the Court of Claims of the 24 th day of January 1851, by which pensions under the act of 1833 are extended back to March 4 th 1842.
And she hereby constitutes and appoints S. S.

Salisbury Esq of Canandaigua New York her attorney, with full power to present and prosecute her said claim for the said balance of her pension to wit: from the death of her said husband Mar 29 th 1830 to the 3 rd day of February 1833 - 2 yrs 10 mos 4 days at $73.33 per annum - $208.58 - and to give all necessary receipts for the same and she requests her said certificate when issued and all correspondence on the subject to be forwarded to his care at Canandaigua New York. Mahitah Goodwin
We Ontensa A. Wilder and Amy Sweet residents of South Bristol Ontario County in the State of New York, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged in our presence by Mahitah Goodwin, and that she is the identical Mahitah Goodwin to whom Pension certificate No. 2351 was issued and whom she represents herself to be Ontensa A. Wilder Amy Sweet
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to subscribed and acknowledged before me this 4 th day of March A.D. 1837 and I hereby certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be
claim.
State of New York, } ss. County of Ontario. }
I, JOHN J. LYON, Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that Cornelius Younglove whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
x for said
Given under my hand and seal of office, at Canandaigua, this 5 th day of March 1837

Salisbury Esq of Canandaigua New York her attorney, with full power to present and prosecute her said claim for the said balance of her pension to wit: from the death of her said husband Mar 29 th 1830 to the 3 rd day of February 1833 = 2 yrs 10 mos 4 days at $73.33 per annum = $208.58 and to give all necessary receipts for the same and she requests her said certificate when issued and all correspondence in the subject to be forwarded to her care at Canandaigua New York.
Mahitahla Goodwin
We Ontensa A. Wilder and Amy Sweet residents of South Bristol, Ontario County, in the State of New York, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged in our presence by Mahitahla Goodwin, and that she is the identical Mahitahla Goodwin to whom Pension certificate No. 2851 was issued and whom she represents herself to be.
Ontensa A. Wilder
Amy Sweet
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to, subscribed and acknowledged before me this 4 th day of March A.D. 1837 and I hereby certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
Cornelius Younglove
Justice of the Peace in & for said County.